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    • dbeatoD
      dbeato @JaredBusch
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      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @eddiejennings said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @eddiejennings said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @eddiejennings said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @eddiejennings said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @dbeato Sorry to read 😞 But I cannot say I'm surprised.

      Yeah, I have been paying for my own insurance the last two years and it is crazy.

      I have been buying insurance direct since 2010. It has never been like this until the ACA.

      Why do you go direct rather than through your employer?

      Just, really? WTF

      It’s been a while since I’ve ran numbers, if your employer is willing to truly give you 100% of your pay and not deduct their costs for the group plan, then it could make sense buying your own plan.

      FFS, it is not a secret where I work or how many people work here. I've said it many times.

      You do not buy group insurance for a company of 4 full time people. It simply does not happen.

      Actually, I had no idea your employer only had 4 full time people. 😛

      Well we do.

      And I am paid a nice hourly rate to compensate for buying my own healthcare. But that was comparative to January of 2010. I've had rate increases ($1.50 (little north of 3%) this year in fact). But it does not keep pace with this stupid ass shit.

      Now your situation makes sense.

      Yeah, now that we know. I guess sometimes we should read minds...

      Or maybe I do not realize how long some of you have and have not been here. It is not a secret, and to me, I seem to regularly mention it.

      I don't know all of you but based on my experience on my previous job I got almost the same deal of @Tim_G but since then I have been doing it on my own.

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender
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        I'm glad I don't have to deal with the crap that JB and Scott do.

        We have a high deductible plan. Company pays the bulk of it. Plan costs $4336, I pay $715.
        Then, instead of having to pay the typical high deductible, the employee covers the first $2000, then the company picks up the rest from $2000 - $5250.
        Toss on that because we are enrolled in a high deductible plan, we can use a Health Savings Account that we can contribute up to $3400 (2017) making that $2K deductible tax free.

        This is on BCBS. The included benefits are pretty decent. I'm pretty happy with our plan.

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        • travisdh1T
          travisdh1 @JaredBusch
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          @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @eddiejennings said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @eddiejennings said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @eddiejennings said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @eddiejennings said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @dbeato Sorry to read 😞 But I cannot say I'm surprised.

          Yeah, I have been paying for my own insurance the last two years and it is crazy.

          I have been buying insurance direct since 2010. It has never been like this until the ACA.

          Why do you go direct rather than through your employer?

          Just, really? WTF

          It’s been a while since I’ve ran numbers, if your employer is willing to truly give you 100% of your pay and not deduct their costs for the group plan, then it could make sense buying your own plan.

          FFS, it is not a secret where I work or how many people work here. I've said it many times.

          You do not buy group insurance for a company of 4 full time people. It simply does not happen.

          Actually, I had no idea your employer only had 4 full time people. 😛

          Well we do.

          And I am paid a nice hourly rate to compensate for buying my own healthcare. But that was comparative to January of 2010. I've had rate increases ($1.50 (little north of 3%) this year in fact). But it does not keep pace with this stupid ass shit.

          Now your situation makes sense.

          Yeah, now that we know. I guess sometimes we should read minds...

          Or maybe I do not realize how long some of you have and have not been here. It is not a secret, and to me, I seem to regularly mention it.

          If asked, I could tell someone that you work with Bundy Associates (sp?), but I wouldn't have known it consisted of only 4 full time people. I knew it was small, just didn't know how small.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @EddieJennings
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            @eddiejennings said in Non-IT News Thread:

            Charles Manson has finally perished.

            http://fxn.ws/2hCXC1n

            It's funny because we were talking about how Charles Manson death hoaxes were such a common thing yesterday. Then he actually died today.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              India BJP minister criticised for peeing in public
              http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42048392

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                US moves to block AT&T's takeover of Time Warner
                http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42058846

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                • NerdyDadN
                  NerdyDad
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                  You just can't fix stupid, but you can let them blow themselves up. This ought to be good.

                  http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/11/22/flat-earth-rocket-launch/

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                  • momurdaM
                    momurda
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                    Wow
                    https://a.msn.com/r/2/BBFQkBq?m=en-us&ocid=News
                    Pieces of !@#$ hiring other pieces of !@#$ to discredit the true reporting of facts about a piece of !@#$ human.
                    I edited out the bad words before posting, almost couldnt do it.

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                    • hobbit666H
                      hobbit666 @NerdyDad
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                      @nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      You just can't fix stupid, but you can let them blow themselves up. This ought to be good.

                      http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/11/22/flat-earth-rocket-launch/

                      I was really hoping he lunched on Saturday so I can watch him blow up lol.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @hobbit666
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                        @hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        You just can't fix stupid, but you can let them blow themselves up. This ought to be good.

                        http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/11/22/flat-earth-rocket-launch/

                        I was really hoping he lunched on Saturday so I can watch him blow up lol.

                        Did he only get breakfast?

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                        • hobbit666H
                          hobbit666 @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller lol my bloody fat things In the cold on my phone lol
                          "I was really hoping he launched on Saturday so I can watch him blow up lol."

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @hobbit666
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                            @hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            @scottalanmiller lol my bloody fat things In the cold on my phone lol
                            "I was really hoping he launched on Saturday so I can watch him blow up lol."

                            Oh, I thought that this was a Monty Python mint scenario or something.

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                            • ObsolesceO
                              Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @scottalanmiller lol my bloody fat things In the cold on my phone lol
                              "I was really hoping he launched on Saturday so I can watch him blow up lol."

                              Oh, I thought that this was a Monty Python mint scenario or something.

                              Dno't raed indvidiual letetrs, raed the etnire wrod as a wohle.

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                              • mlnewsM
                                mlnews
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                                https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/11/this-weeks-failed-russian-rocket-had-a-pretty-bad-programming-error/

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                                • mlnewsM
                                  mlnews
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                                  Now this is really cool and will really showcase where these kinds of devices can be super important in the future of medicine once they are collecting lifetime baselines of our medical data.

                                  https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/fda-approves-first-medical-accessory-for-the-apple-watch-an-ekg-sensor/

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                                  • mlnewsM
                                    mlnews
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                                    https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/11/uk-team-unearths-rare-iron-age-party-cauldrons-in-leicestershire/

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                                    • mlnewsM
                                      mlnews
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                                      https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/judge-rules-against-84-year-old-doctor-who-cant-use-a-computer/

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                                      • mlnewsM
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                                        https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/federal-student-aid-site-offers-one-stop-shopping-for-id-thieves/

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                                        • mlnewsM
                                          mlnews
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                                          Boring Company proposes 150mph loop for Chicago.

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                                            mlnews
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                                            NK can now hit all of US with ICBMs. A new cold war perhaps?

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